The incidence of Lortab abuse has escalated quite dramatically in the US
within the last ten years. Large scale diversion of Lortab and other
hydrocodone proucts is going on, through health care professionals like
doctors, dentists, nurses, as well as theft etc.

From approximately seven million units diverted in 1994, the number has
grown to around 89 million units diverted in 2000 alone. Since the 1990s,
average consumption of Lortab and other such hydrocodone drugs has
increased by as much as 300%, throughout the nation. All possible age
groups have succumbed to Lortab abuse, taking advantage of the comparative
ease of availability. Another added problem is that medical professionals
see Lortab and other hydrocodone drugs as relatively safe, and do not
hesitate to prescribe them. As a result, white collar Lortab abuse has
proliferated into all ethnic groups as well as across all economic strata.

Lortab is a combination drug, with a narcotic painkiller which is also
a cough reliever called Hydrocodone bitartrate, and a non-narcotic
painkiller called Acetaminophen. It is a very commonly prescribed drug
given to ease moderate to moderately severe pain, mainly after some kind
of surgery, for people with arthritis or suffering from sports relate
injuries or, by dentists, after any sort of oral surgery. However, it is a
very strong medication. When Lortab is taken orally, five mg. of it is the
same as thirty mg. of milder drugs like codeine. This makes it dangerous
if taken without prescription or without direction from a physician.

Lortab abuse can involve the use of Lortab in various ways. It can be
swallowed orally, like normal medication, or chewed; it can be crushed
into a powder and then inhaled, or snorted, like cocaine; it can also be
crushed and dissolved in water to be injected. Even in normal, prescribed
use, Lortab has side effects like drowsiness, dizziness or
lightheadedness, anxiety, constipation, mental clouding, restlessness,
sluggishness and so on. Users can easily become dependent on Lortab for
the feeling of well-being that it typically produces, and people
struggling with Lortab abuse often acquire a number of different
prescriptions, for the same drug, from a number of different doctors to
help them support their Lortab abuse.

Addictive, narcotic drugs, like Lortab, work on the neurons in the
human brain. They create a tolerance and dependence, activating the
brain’s reward systems. A reward is the high, or rush produced when the
person takes the drug. This rush is very intense, and that makes the body
and mind crave the drug. The person will then focus all of his/her
energies and activities on getting the next dose of the drug.

It is this ability of Lortab to change, chemically, the functioning of
the normal brain reward systems that leads to addiction. This also makes
it a dangerous drug to abuse. Lortab abuse can, and does, reduce the
user’s consciousness levels, ability to think, awareness. Lortab abuse
affects and changes the way that the user normally experiences pain,
changes those parts of the brain that control perceptions of pleasure. A
large overdose of this drug may lead to severe respiratory depression and
death. Other symptoms of overdose include muscular twitches, slow, labored
and shallow breathing, pinpoint pupils, cold, sweaty, clammy skin with
blue tinge to the skin or nails, vomiting, low blood pressure, drowsiness
and coma.

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